Coke Bottlers Suing Parent Company -- “The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Elizabethtown, Ky., said that it and 95 other Coke bottlers were suing the parent Coca-Cola Company over its use of a cheaper sugar substitute in its syrup and for alleged overpricing. “A Coca-Cola Company spokesman said the company was aware of the suits, viewed them as without merit and would oppose them vigorously.